“We lack a bit of sharpness at the moment, the way we prepare our chances and our finishing as well.

“We didn’t look like scoring. Even if we had 28 shots on goal. There was always something missing. You could see that. They threw their body in every time and we needed something special to score tonight because they defended well.

“When you don’t win, you are frustrated. I feel tonight that some players looked as if they had not completely recovered from Sunday.

“But you see now that the point we took at Manchester United on Sunday was vital because had we lost that game we would be in trouble.